Friday Bako

The House of Representatives on Wednesday increased the revised 2020 budget sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari to N10.805 trillion. The President had presented a revised 2020 appropriation of N10.59 trillion to the National Assembly for approval. The budget as approved by the House indicate that the budget for the National Assembly was retained […]

By Golok Nanmwa, Jos Over 100 homes and properties worth millions of naira were destroyed on Wednesday by rainstorm in several communities in Kanke local government area of Plateau state . The rainstorm, which started on Tuesday night lasted till the early hours of Wednesday morning and was accompanied by a heavy windstorm that blew […]

PRESS STATEMENT GOVERNOR LALONG FELICITATES WITH 9TH PLATEAU ASSEMBLY ON FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY. Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong has rejoiced with the 9th State House of Assembly on its first year anniversary under the leadership of Speaker Rt. Hon. Nuhu Ayuba Abok. Governor Lalong in a congratulatory message said the legislative arm of Government […]

Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government says He was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell, his condition improved but on Monday he had a cardiac arrest and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, the government says. Mr Nkurunziza was due to step down from […]

Fifty of the 91 shortlisted federal directors failed a written test to fill the 16 vacant federal permanent secretary positions in Nigeria. The Federal Government has now shortlisted 41, who passed the test, for an oral interview taking place on Monday in Abuja. The Office of the Head of Service of the Federation disclosed […]

The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has hinted that schools may reopen in the country after the ban on interstate movement has been lifted. The minister stated this during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday. While restating that the government has not published any date for […]

PRESS RELEASE GOVERNOR LALONG CONGRATULATES ARCHBISHOP ISHAYA AUDU @ 61 & JUSTICE MONICA DONGBAN-MENSEM. Plateau State Governor and Chairman, Northern Governor’s Forum, Simon Bako Lalong has congratulated Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, Nigeria, His Grace, Most Rev Dr. Matthew Ishaya Audu on his 61st Birthday. In a congratulatory message, Governor Lalong described the […]

The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 12, 2020 as a public holiday, to mark this year’s Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government congratulated all Nigerians at home and abroad for the entrenchment of democratic rule in the country. He commended […]

PRESIDENT BUHARI NOMINATES DONGBAN-MENSEM AS PRESIDENT COURT OF APPEAL President Muhammadu Buhari, in-line with his constitutional responsibility has sent the nomination of Her Lordship, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, Acting President, Court of Appeal to the Senate for confirmation as President, Court of Appeal. Justice Dongban-Mensem is a serving Justice of the Court of Appeal and was […]